While Riot Fest—which will celebrate its 15th year anniversary this year in September—is arguably Chicago’s largest and most well-known festival of all things punk (and more), another local festival that […]

  The third and final weekend of the 2019 Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival opened in a marvelous way as the Jupiter String Quartet gave masterful performances of two titans […]

Usually when we’re in the dregs of the winter months concerts slow down a bit and music festivals are nowhere to be seen. Thankfully that won’t be the case next […]

After two days cut short by rain and thunderstorms, there was a lot riding on day three of North Coast Music Festival. The promoter did right by fans allowing those […]

After Friday night’s rainstorm, North Coast was forced to delay the opening of the fest on day two, causing acts like Mother Nature to cancel their sets. It’s an unfortunate […]

I’ve been making my way around the Chicago music festival circuit for a while now. And while our city has some truly notable fests, North Coast Music Festival has held […]

This weekend the Empty Bottle hosted back-to-back soldout shows for the annual Scorched Tundra festival. Since 2011, Alexi Front has been curating and highlighting some of the most innovative acts […]

How does one even write about Lollapalooza nowadays? I’ve been going to the festival since its inception in 1991, and have only missed a couple, during the fest’s darker years […]

We’re entering the latter half of summer and it’s been a great one so far! So many excellent festival have comand gone and there are still a few left before […]

It’s not a true Pitchfork Festival unless it rains (or gets hot and humid). But the festival didn’t ever get rained out, and the acts didn’t disappoint. (There was a […]

After a slightly rainy Friday made use of all the Lyft ponchos that were being handed out at one corner of Pitchfork Music Festival, Saturday felt a lot nicer. The […]

If you live in Chicago long enough the annual Pitchfork Music Festival feels like one big backyard barbecue. Fortunately, unlike my last one, we didn’t see much rain and the […]